MadMaxx123

New spokes are great! Got them from Central Wheel.. Had to send them samples but they turned them round in no time.. Just for referance, there are 3 types of spoke in the rear wheel of an XVS650.. 1 long (er than the others) 2 short (one has a bigger bend then the other) Didn't find out about the 3rd type untill the mechanic went to fit them, called Cenral Wheel and they made me 10 FOC....What can I say, they were great!

Back on the road at last!!!! Has taken weeks and weeks...! First, found out that there are 3 types of spoke on the XVS650 rear wheel and not 2 as it looked..! so had to wait another week for the extras to be made. Hat off to Central Wheel though.. I gave them a call and explained that I had screwed up and they still made me 10 of the extra spoke for free!!!! How can you possible not be impressed??!? Anyway, by the time they arrived my mechanic had decided to put himself in hospital after hitting a left hand bend far too fast and ploughing himself into the side of a Transit Van that was comming the other way...!!! He's ok, just a couple of broken ribs and alot of stick from eveyone (muppet)!!! So after waiting for him to rip himself away from the clutches of all the young nurses he has finally put my wheel back together....! Hurahh! So yes, back on the road on a bike that now thinks its a Harley......FAR TOO LOUD!!!!! Ordered a couple of DB Killers today, hoping they may help......anyone had experiance of them..?

I may well look into a hand built intake, it's having the time and and stock to machine it from....We'll see. Do like the look of the hyperchargers...just don't like the price.... When it comes to the being alive bit...I'm not totally sure.. the back-end started to go sloppy, spokes pinging left and right... It was early in the morning, nothing on the road.. I hit the brakes (after seeing what had happened that may not have been the most sensible thing to do..) and as I got to about 10-15MPH the thing sat its arse on the asphalt.... It was a nice straight piece of road, if I had had to corner I think things would not have turned out so well for me....

Right... I have my Spokes on order, they should be here this week....(wheel collapsed on me at 70 a couple of weeks ago) Over the weekend I built a new exhaust... The original 650 exhaust was starting to fall apart... I had lost the heat shield/chrome cover from the front header and the rear upper can had come separated from the pipe.....looked a mess, sounded good though... So got a set of second had pipes from evilbay... they were for an 1100 so did not fit...until..... The cans were Highway Hawks slash cut pipes and in almost new condition the pipes going forward were stock. With a bit of cutting, grinding and braising I now have stock pipes with 1100 cans that look like they were factory produced (to ay I am please is an understatement). I will post a pic when I get chance to take on.... And LOUD is not the word for them without the baffles...!!!! What I want to do now is add a hypercharger and needle kit or something along those lines... I don't want to keep the standard filter housing and have already looked at ideas for modding that. What I want to be able to do is go back to the standard housing if I change my mind or have a problem.... I don't have a fortune (hence the DIY Exhaust) so has anyone got any good ideas of what I can do/where I can go..?

Thanks Ttaskmaster They are going to make me 40 so I should have a couple spare.....

I know its not hard to go count them...but I'm at work and the bike is not.. I am having a set of new stainless spokes made as the originals started to break on my way home the other day. I sent the guys samples and amounts but they have lost the details (not the spokes thank god). I just don't want to loose another day waiting to tell them... I think its 40 but would like confirmation.... Thanks

Found my problem!!! Sump was at the right level as was the final drive BUT.... The Drive shaft connects to the final drive unit (inside the cone shaped housing) via a course spline - this spline was dry (looks like it was asssembled dry from new..) and has worn to the point of failure.... Only had the bike a couple of months so I shall be on the phone to the dealer in the morning....

Hi, Did you get to the bottom of this? It looks like I may of had the same thing happen to me this morning....! I have not stripped it down yet, but when in gear the output shaft spins fine. Also if I pull the shaft backwards slightly (2 maybe 3mm) it re-engages with the final drive...Time will tell.....